Hartness Vision

THE ARCHITECTURAL VISION FOR HARTNESS

The architectural vision for Hartness, is a collaboration of the civic minded Hartness family, who have a deep history in the region and have lived on this land for 40 years, and the master planner/designer Lew Oliver of Atlanta.

Their focus is a relatively simple premise: model Hartness on the small towns, villages, and city neighborhoods of the Southeast with a focus coming from those in the Piedmont region of the Carolinas. Both the layout of the village and the architecture which forms the built environment are based on this. That basis is supplemented by 21st century adaption of both the historic planning and the architecture, giving Hartness the charm of an earlier era, while enabling contemporary lifestyles.

The essence of the Hartness design is the walkability of its streets with linear parks and pedestrian paths. Layered along the grid is a regular rhythm of homesites for a large variety of sizes, styles and colors of single-family homes, townhouses, and carriage houses. The Village Center, at the community’s main entrance, will have mixed-use commercial buildings, with restaurants, retail shops, offices, a school, and a variety of residential dwellings. The essential idea is to have as many places of living, working, playing, and learning within a five- to fifteen-minute walk of each other. This promotes a healthier and more environmentally conscious way of building and living.

Ultimately, Hartness will contain the strong character of the region while providing the backdrop and setting for a vibrant, beautiful, rich place to live, work, and play well into the future.